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Entertaining Statistics: November, 2012

November was unusually warm even for our area. But I decided it was time for my heavier perfumes. Ambers and vanillas keep me feeling warm but, as a small price for that, stay on my skin long enough not to allow the change of the scent or even proper testing of new fragrances.

Also I noticed an unusual for me pattern: there were five perfumes that I wore twice during the month. I’m not even close to Birgit’s (Olfactoria’s Travels) sudden perfume monogamy but it’s still rather unusual for me. It must be something in the air.

For the entertaining part of this post I chose to look at how many notes are listed for perfumes I wore or tested in November. Of course, it’s all based on just officially reported notes and each brand chooses how much to disclose.

Most of the perfumes I used this month (twenty-nine) had six to nine notes listed. Thirteen perfumes had eleven to fifteen notes; ten fell into the minimalistic basket with less than six notes listed; four were in the “the more, the merrier” camp with sixteen to twenty notes listed and one was almost off the chart (figuratively and literally) with twenty-two notes.

Quick November stats:

Numbers in parenthesis are comparison to the previous month’s numbers.

1 For the testing I apply a perfume to one area on my arms easily available for the repetitive sniffing. But, most likely, I’m the only one who can smell it. I can test two, sometimes even more perfumes at the same time.

2 When I wear a perfume I apply it to at least three-four points and usually I plan to spend at least 4-8 hours with the same scent so I’m prepared to re-apply if the original application wears off.

Even though I’m still a fan of florals, I love cold(er) weather perfumes and feel pleased every time thinking of that aspect of winter.

I don’t wear too many vanillas. Both you’ve mentioned are very nice (I’ve just tried SDV for the first time on my recently: very nice from a dab vial but I’m not sure if sprayed it would be too much). Two more that come to mind (and I wouldn’t mind wearing any of them) – Le Labo Vanille 44 (but price!!!) and Diptyque Eau Duelle (much more reasonably priced and a very nice vanilla, in my opinion).